Definition of: syndicate

(sin′də·kit) noun
1. An association of individuals united to negotiate some business or to prosecute some enterprise requiring large capital.
2. A combination of persons associated for purchasing manuscripts and selling them again to a number of periodicals, as newspapers, for simultaneous publication.
3. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; syndics collectively: the original meaning.
—v.t. (-kāt) ·cat·ed, ·cat·ing
1. To combine into or manage by a syndicate.
2. To sell for publication in many newspapers or magazines. [<F syndicat office of a syndic <syndic. See SYNDIC.]